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How are Jesus and the Father one?  John 14:9-28

Jesus claimed, Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.  He was saying that he spoke and acted for God because he was in  God and God was in him.  He proclaimed that the Father and Son equally possess all the attributes of deity.  In other words, Jesus was claiming to be God.

Yet, Jesus also make several distinctions between himself and his Father.  His mission as the Son was to bring glory to the Father (John 14:13).  He had come into this world because the Father had sent him (John 14:24). And once his mission was complete he was going to the Father (John 14:28).

The existence of the Father and Son as one God yet two distinct persons baffles the human mind.  It's a mystery that cannot be fully explained by logic or reason. Yet, because the Bible teaches the unity of God and the deity of Christ, we must accept the fact that an infinite God cannot be comprehended by finite humans.  When we meet Christ face to face, it's possible that some such mysteries will be better understood.

Jesus the way to the Father    John 14:5-14

"Do not let your hearts be troubled.  Trust in God; trust also in me.  ²In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you, I am going there to prepare a place for you.  ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ⁴You know the way to the place where I am going."

⁵Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

⁶Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well.  From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

⁸Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."

⁹Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?  Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.  How can you say, "Show us the Father"? ¹⁰Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?  The words I say to you are not just my own.  Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.  ¹¹Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. ¹²I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing.  He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. ¹³And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. ¹⁴You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.